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    The surname Gammage

    A surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G520

    Gammage: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gammage #17,572, 1,600 people Gammage: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gammage #17,572, 1,600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gammage is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,600 people named Gammage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,508.

    #17,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,600
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Gammage

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    56% of people named Gammage identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gammage

    Gammage has the Soundex code G520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gammage?
    1,600 people in the United States had the surname Gammage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gammage?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Gammage identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gammage getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, up 6.1%.